Paul Davis

CVB Financial in Ontario, Calif., and Valley Commerce Bancorp in Visalia, Calif., have amended the terms of their planned merger.

New York Community Bancorp in Westbury and Astoria Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., have terminated their merger.

MainSource Financial Group in Greensburg, Ind., has agreed to buy FCB Bancorp in Louisville, Ky., for about $56.9 million. The cash-and-stock transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.

Dickinson Financial in Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to buy Community Bancshares of Kansas in Overland Park.

Bankers say their customers like what they are hearing from President-elect Donald Trump on regulatory relief and infrastructure spending, but whether that translates into increased capital spending — and borrowing — is still very much unclear.

Ed Francis, a former executive at Hancock Holding, is seeking to buy an existing bank rather than pursue a new charter. He explains why he is prefers a complex bankruptcy process over applying to form a new bank.

Bay Commercial Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif., has agreed to buy First ULB in Oakland, Calif.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., will take a roughly $17 million earnings hit due to a change in the fair value of its mortgage-servicing rights and a corresponding hedge.

The $8.2 billion-asset company said in a press release that it will move westward with an agreement to buy the $2.5 billion-asset Southwest Bancorp in Stillwater, Okla., for $564 million.

The $1.3 billion-asset Veritex said in a press release Wednesday that it will pay $162 million for the $1.1 billion-asset Sovereign.